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The Trophy Wife

Author: Talia .E.
last update publish date: 2026-02-15 16:16:51

POV: Clara

The morning light felt like a physical weight pressing against my eyelids. My head throbbed with the kind of hangover that had nothing to do with champagne and everything to do with the lies I had swallowed the night before. Victor had left before dawn for some mysterious business meeting, leaving the mansion even quieter than usual. It was a gilded tomb, and I was the body they forgot to bury.

I retreated to the East Wing office, locking the door behind me. I couldn't stop thinking
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